On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review
By TOM WOLFE
Reviewed by THOMAS MALLON
Tom Wolfe's new novel is built around the gaudy clash of Miami's different ethnic and financial populations
Also in the Book Review
The author, most recently, of "The Racketeer" wishes President Obama would read "Fifty Shades of Grey": "Maybe it would loosen him up a bit."
By J. K. ROWLING
Reviewed by AMANDA FOREMAN
J. K. Rowling turns from children's fantasy to a novel of social ills.
By CHARLES YU
Reviewed by DOUGLAS WOLK
Charles Yu's collection examines reality through the lens of science fiction.
By TIMOTHY EGAN
Reviewed by DEBORAH SOLOMON
A biography of Edward Curtis, who spent three decades documenting the stories and rituals of Native American tribes.
By T. CORAGHESSAN BOYLE
Reviewed by TATJANA SOLI
Two families - one in the 1880s, one in the 1930s - pursue dreams of self-reliance in T. Coraghessan Boyle's historical novel.
By JUSTIN CRONIN
Reviewed by JOSEPH SALVATORE
The enemy has evolved in Justin Cronin's postapocalyptic novel.
By MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI
Reviewed by DANIEL HANDLER
Voices haunt Mark Z. Danielewski's ghost story.
By JOSHUA HENKIN
Reviewed by MALENA WATROUS
In this novel, a journalist's death shakes his family.
By NEIL YOUNG
Reviewed by HOWARD HAMPTON
Neil Young looks to the future and contemplates the past.
By PETE TOWNSHEND
Reviewed by ROBERT CHRISTGAU
Pete Townshend - guitarist, songwriter and founding member of the Who - tells his story.
By JACK HITT
Reviewed by AMY FINNERTY
Is amateurism bred into the American character?
By DAVID ORR
Jack Gilbert believes that poetry is worthy of devotion, that it ought not be subordinated to the things that clutter up day-to-day life.
By GIORGIO FALETTI. Translated by ANTONY SHUGAAR.
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER R. BEHA
Giorgio Faletti's antihero is caught up in a drama that involves the Mafia, the Red Brigades and the Italian government.
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By KURT ANDERSEN
Kurt Vonnegut in six decades of his letters.
By GREGORY COWLES
Kate Morton, whose novel "The Secret Keeper" enters the list at No. 8, is Australia's most successful literary export since Colleen McCullough's "Thorn Birds" stormed the world in 1977.
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
By IHSAN TAYLOR
Paperback books of particular interest.
This week, Robert Christgau talks about Pete Townshend's new memoir; Amanda Foreman discusses J. K. Rowling's novel "The Casual Vacancy"; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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